35mm Roman Colonial With Zig-Zag Edge?

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whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 3:25 pm Hello Everyone on the Glorius Day! I tried everywhichway to find this coin: 35mm at the widest 14.3 grams the "X" is contemporary I thought the Emperor was Severus Alexander, but he used a different naming scheme for his Colonial issues. The edge, which I am sure is "as struck" resembles a continuous pattern of fat "W's".. It's not cerrated in the Traditional sense... the seated figure on the reverse looks like the Roman Centurion seen on copper British issued Half- and Large Cents 1860+ Edited by whatdowehavehere 04/13/2021 3:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 3:42 pm The serrated edge is sometimes found on coins that have been reworked for use as weights. 14.3g is in the neighborhood of a semuncia (1/2 Roman ounce). The seated figure is likely Roma. The similar figure on UK coppers is Britannia. Edited by Kushanshah 04/13/2021 4:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 5:57 pm ...Huh. What I read on the obverse is [...]ΛΛ_OC CEB[A?] (where _ represents a single letter that I can't read), which almost certainly isn't Severus Alexander, but I don't have a good idea of what it can be. (It looks like the name of an emperor ending in -ll_us, but the only one matching that is Vitellius, and he doesn't fit for other reasons.) EDIT: the serrations (and the cross-out of the face) are almost certainly not as minted (...obviously for the latter), but I agree that they were probably done in antiquity - possibly to repurpose the coin into something else. Edited by january1may 04/13/2021 6:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 905 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 7:28 pm it looks like Trebonianus Gallus PONTUS, Neocaesarea. AD 251-253. Æ (30mm, 17.27 g, 12h). Dated CY 188 (AD 251/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma Nicephorus seated left on shield; PΠ H (date) across field. SNG von Aulock 6766. Report this Post to the Staff
whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 10:42 pm Wow was I offThank You Victor! The edge certainly looks like it was done at the time of minting, which is baffling Close inspction reveals some displaced metal among the "serrations"; thus it's PMD. But what a knife to do it-must've been sharper than the usual Edited by whatdowehavehere 04/13/2021 10:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 905 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 10:54 pm definitely done after minting. I have several of these modified coins Report this Post to the Staff
whatdowehavehere Valued Member Canada 235 Posts	Posted 04/13/2021 10:55 pm Victor: Oh wow!That is s-o-m-e collecting! Report this Post to the Staff
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